What it takes for the top 10 teams to make it to the big dance:
- Notre Dame - don't lose at USC!
- Alabama - win out
- Georgia - win out
- Oregon - beat Oregon St, hope Stanford gets beat again, win Pac12 conf-ship game. Hope USC beats Notre Dame.
- Florida - beat Florida St, hope Georgia destroys Alabama, USC beats Notre Dame, Oregon doesn't make Pac12 conf-ship game or loses it.
- Florida St - beat Florida, win ACC conf-ship, Notre Dame loses to USC, Oregon loses out, Georgia destroys Alabama.
- Kansas St - win out, Notre Dame loses horribly, Georgia wins big, Florida St barely beats Florida, Florida St loses ACC conf-ship, Oregon loses horribly.
- LSU - win out, Notre Dame loses horribly (badly enough for everyone to question why anyone thought ND was a contender in the first place), Georgia wins big, Florida St barely beats Florida, Florida St gets destroyed in ACC conf-ship, Oregon loses out, Kansas St loses badly to Texas.
- Clemson - beats the tar out of SC, LSU gets beat by Arkansas, ND loses horribly (badly enough for everyone to question why anyone thought ND was a contender in the first place), Georgia wins big, Florida St barely beats Florida, Florida St loses horribly the ACC conf-ship, Oregon collapses, KSU collapses.
- Texas A&M - Beat Missouri, Clemson is destroyed by SC, LSU gets beat by Arkansas, ND loses horribly (badly enough for everyone to question why anyone thought ND was a contender in the first place), Georgia wins big, Florida St barely beats Florida, Florida St loses horribly the ACC conf-ship, Oregon collapses, KSU collapses.